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RANUNCULACE^:. XXIX. ACONITUM. 



1. Helmet arched. 



48 A. TOXICUM (Rchb. uebers. p. 43. ill. t. 37.) helmet large, 

 arched, with a blunt beak : spur hooked. I/ . H. Native of 

 Transylvania. A. neomontanum, Baugm. transylv. ? A. Cam- 

 marum, Hoppe. herb. Stem flexuous, almost simple. Leaves 

 smooth. Racemes loose, pubescent. Flowers large, violet, 

 pubescent. Ovaries 5. 



Poison Aconite. FI. June, Aug. Clt. 1825. PL 2 feet. 



49 A. CE'RNUUM (Koelle. aeon. 17. Willd. spec. 2. 1237. 

 Rchb. ill. t. 33.) helmet large, arched, beaked. "If. . H. Native 

 of the south of Europe in many parts. Lodd. bot. cab. 810. 

 A. Cainmarum, Schleich. cat. Gaud, and Vill. A. flexicafile, 

 Hoppe and Hornsch. pi. sel. A. cammarum a, Lin. A. cernuum 

 and reflexum, Rchb. uebers. p. 43. A. Wilmetianum and humile, 

 Delarb. fl. auv. ed. 2. p. 499. A. paniculatum, var. ft, D. C. 

 syst. 1. p. 375. A. pan. S, flexicaule, Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 145. 

 A. pan. Tomaselli, Lam. and D. C. fl. fr. ed. 3. vol. 5. p. 918. 

 A. variegatum, Seguier, pi. ver. A. neomontanum, Baugm. transyl. 

 1857. Cam. epit. 852. Clus. hist. 2. p. 97. f. 1. J. Bauh. 

 hist. 3. p. 658. Chabr. sciagr. 531. f. 6. Stem usually flexu- 

 ous. Leaves smooth. Racemes nodding, loose, pubescent, 

 with spreading branches rising from the axils of the leaves. 

 Flowers largeish, violet, rarely blue or reddish, puberulous or 

 smooth. Pistils usually 5. 



Var. ft, pauciflorum (Rchb. uebers. p. 44.) racemes terminal, 

 few-flowered, sub-corymbose; peduncles equal in length with 

 the flowers. I/. H. Native on mounts Pennine and Cenis. 

 A. paniculatum var. a, Penninum, Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 144. 



Var. y, laciniatum (Rchb. uebers. p. 44.) peduncles equal in 

 length to the flowers ; branches spreading ; leaves finely jagged 

 with long acuminated segments; ovaries smoothish. I/. H. 

 Native of Calabria. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 145. 



Var, , patentissimum ; stem flexuous ; helmet conical, in- 

 flexed ; beak short. Native of Siberia. A. paniculatum y, D. 

 C. syst. 1. p. 375. A. cernuum flexicaule, Rchb. A. panicula- 

 tum , patenti'ssimum, Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 145. 



Drooping Aconite. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. 2 to 4 feet. 

 2. Helmet conical. 



50 A. MO'LLE (Rchb. uebers. p. 47. ill. t. 31.) helmet irre- 

 gularly-conical, obtuse; front erect. If.. H. Native of ? A. 

 cernuum var. a, laxiflorum, Rchb. uebers. p. 43. A. panicula- 

 tum S, flexicaule, Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 145. Leaves smooth. 

 Racemes panicled, pubescent. Flowers large, puberulous, violet. 

 Ovaries usually 3. 



^o/C-panicled Aconite. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. PL 2 to 6 feet. 



51 A. PANICULA'TUM (Lam. fl. fr. ed. 1. suppl. 1224. D. C. 

 syst. 1. p. 375.) helmet conical, beaked ; front sinuated, If. . H. 

 Native of France and Switzerland. Rchb. ill. t. 32. A. Stoerckii 

 Borkaus. spec. 18. A. Cammarum, All.ped. no. 1500. A. parvi- 

 florum, Rchb. uebers. p. 46. A. hebegynum, D. C. syst. 1. p. 

 376. exclusive of the synonyms. Stem pubescent towards the 

 top. Leaves smooth. Panicle terminal, much branched, loose 

 or contracted, more or less pubescent. Flowers largeish, violet. 

 Ovaries 3, seldom 5, puberulous ? 



Var. ft, Stoerkianum (Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 145.) stem flexuous ; 

 panicle loose, weak ; beak short. If. . H. Native of Switzer- 

 land. A. Napellus, ofHcinalis, Stork, libel, de stram. &c. p. 69. 

 This is said to be the plant which Baron Stoerck made use of in 

 medicine, see A. No. 11. 



Panicled Aconite. Fl. June, Sep. Clt. 1815. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



SECT. VII. CA'MMAROI'DEA (applied to this section on account 

 of the plants it contains agreeing in character with A. cdmmarum, 

 from cammarum, a crab, lobster, or crawfish ; because the su- 

 perior part of the flower very much resembles the recurved tail 

 of a crawfish.) Rchb. uebers. p. 14. Sect. IV. Cammarum and 



V. Anabates, D. C.syst. 1. p. 374. 377. Calyx deciduous. Pe- 

 tals (nectaries) erect, clavated-hooked. Capsules usually 5 

 (rarely 3-4) erect, fringed at the suture. Stamens smooth. 

 Helmet conical. Lobes of leaves trapesiform, pinnate. Flowers 

 violet or blue, seldom white or variegated. 



1. Helmet with a middle sized beak. 



52 A. CA'MMARUM (Jacq. aust. 5. t. 224.) helmet arched- 

 conical ; beak streached. If. . H. Native of Austria, Switzer- 

 land, Hungary, &c. &c. A. rostratum ft, Jacquinianum, Ser. 

 mus. helv. 1. p. 142. Racemes somewhat corymbose few-flower- 

 ed ; pedicels smooth. Flowers large, pale-blue or violet. Ovaries 

 3, smooth. For the derivation of cammarum see Section VII. 



Var. a, simplex (Rchb. uebers. p. 52.) stem simple. I/ . H. 

 Native of Austria. Barrel, p. 97. no. 873. t. 610. Flowers 

 blue. 



Var. ft, ramosum (Rchb. uebers. p. 52.) stem branched. I/ . H. 

 Nativeof Switzerland in the Alps of Bern. Jacq. aust. 5. t. 424. 

 Hoffin. fl. germ. t. 8. Peduncles and ovaries smooth. A. Isevi- 

 gatum, Schleicher. A. Italicum, Tratt. 



Var. y, mutabile (Rchb. uebers. p. 52.) lower peduncles very 

 long; colour of flower changeable. If.. H. Native of Bavaria. 

 A. Cammarum var. Schrank. 



Var. S, gracile (Rchb. ill. t. 7. uebers. 55.) stem slender ; 

 racemes loose. "If. . H. Native of Dauphiny, Italy, Bohemia, 

 &c. Leaves smooth. Flowers large, pale-blue or violet. 



Var. t, Judenbergense (Rchb. ill. t. 8.) stem firm ; racemes 

 somewhat contracted. %. H. Native of Styria about Ju- 

 denberg and the Alps of Switzerland. A. Cammarum, Lam. 

 ency. 1. p. 33. Schleich. cat. 1821. A. Iacini6sum, Schleich. cat. 

 1821. A. rostratum var. a, Judenbergense, Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 

 142. A. Bernhardianum, Wallr. Sched. crit. 1. p. 250. Flowers 

 large, pale-blue or with a white base. Ovaries 3, rarely 4-5. 



1. Judenbergense var. pilipes (Rchb. ill. t. 8. f. 2.) pedun- 

 cles and ovaries pilose. }/ . H. Native of Switzerland and the 

 Carpathian mountains. A. Cammarum, Wahl. fl. carp. no. 533. 

 Helmet inclined. A. rostratum var. y, pilosiusculum, Ser. mus. 

 helv. 1. p. 142. 



Var. , latiflorum (Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 142.) helmet conical, 

 dilated, with an inclined scarcely prominent beak. If. . H. Native 

 in the Alps of Bern in Switzerland. 



Var. j, macrdnthum ; flowers large, violet. If. . H. Native 

 of Salzburg. A. macranthum, Rchb. uebers. p. 51. ill. t. 39. 

 A. Cammarum var. grandiflorum, Braune. 



Crawfish or Purple Aconite. Fl. June, Sep. PL 1 to 4 feet. 



2. Helmet with a drawn-out beak. 



53 A. LASIOCA'RPUM (Rchb. uebers. p. 55.) petals (nectaries) 

 erect ; capsules hairy. If. . H. Native of Hungary. The 

 character of this plant is not sufficiently known. 



Hairy-fruited Aconite. Fl. June, July. PL 2 to 4 feet. 



54 A. PRODU'CTUM (Rchb. uebers. t. 38. ill. t. 38.) helmet 

 straight, irregularly convex-conical, drawn out. 7/ . H. Native 

 of Siberia and Kamtschatka, Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 150. t. 15. f. 

 33, 34. Rchb. aeon. p. 75. t. 7. f. 3. A. delphinifolium ft, Si- 

 biricum, D. C. syst. 1. p. 380. A. grandiflorum, Pall. herb. 

 Stem about a foot high, few-leaved. Leaves on long stalks, with 

 3-parted lobes. Racemes few-flowered, loose, pubescent. Flowers 

 violet, puberulous. Ovaries 4-5 pubescent. 



Dra;n-o<-beaked Aconite. PL 1 foot. 



55 A. ROSTRA' TUM (Bernh. monog. ined. Rchb. uebers. 

 p. 56. ill. t. 11.) helmet bending forward (compressed with 

 vertex obliquely reflexed) ; beak stretched out. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. 203. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 141. t. 15. f. 16-17. If.. H. 

 Native of Switzerland and Styria. A. alpinum, Mill. diet. A. 

 Cammarum, Lam. diet. 1. p. 38. A. luridum, Sal. prod. 375. 



